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India-Pakistan
IED blast kills man in Mohmand
2016-02-21
[DAWN] GHALANAI: A man was killed when an improvised bomb went off in Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency
... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
here on Friday.

Local people said that the victim, Mohammad Alam of Charmang area of Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central
...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth...
, was going to a mosque for Friday prayers in the Ziarat Kali area when the IED planted by unidentified miscreants went kaboom!. He was struck down in his prime.

Safi Tehsil Political Tehsildar Miraj Khan confirmed the incident and said that the victim was passing by the place when the IED went kaboom!.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio wondered: Where the hell was Chumbaloni? And where was his $600?...
an official of the bomb disposal squad suffered injuries when an IED he was trying to defuse went kaboom!. He was identified as Sepoy Gul Zar Khan. He was shifted to a local hospital.

After the incident, the security forces conducted a search operation in the area. However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
no arrests were made till filing of this report.

Also in the day, the security forces defused a missile planted by unknown miscreants in the mountains near Ghalanai on Thursday-Friday night.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio wondered: Where the hell was Chumbaloni? And where was his $600?...
the security remained tight in the tribal region on the second day after bandidos bully boyz bumped off nine khasadar
...a rural policeman in Pakistain or India...
s on Thursday.

Owing to the precarious security situation, the political administration and security forces have banned movement of vehicular traffic from 8pm to 8am.
Posted by:Fred

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